Ping-Pong Life
Chapter 173

Didn't Want a Shaved Head

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Zhang Benkuang served a short backspin ball.

He was also a little stunned by Lin Zijun's behavior, so he thought of playing a safe hand first.

He didn't even dare to serve the ball Lin Zijun backhand, but it was slightly to the right.

But Lin Zijun started immediately, moved his body to the right, then leaned forward, turned his wrist greatly, inserted the racket diagonally, and twisted his backhand without hesitation.

This twist really showed off his style when he fought Luo Jiu last month.

This ball is of extremely high quality, because it is almost impossible to twist the ball, but not only did it twist, it also directly changed its line to a large forehand angle of Zhang Benkuang.

Zhang Benkuang is fast on his feet. Facing the ball coming out, he dare not shoot it directly because it is too low.

He could only barely pull a high hanging circle.

Although it is said to be a high hanging arc, it is actually not that high. It should be said that Zhang Benkuang's defense is in place.

But Lin Zijun's state at this time was completely different from before. He moved at an astonishing speed. The ball was obviously pulled to his backhand, but he didn't use his signature backhand to twist it. He ran faster than the ball at this moment, and ran directly to the left side of the ball. Then he swung his arm and pulled the ball hard, making a standard forehand burst.

This is a sure win, representing his determination to score.

Snap!

Although he is not known for his strength, the ball was played with all his strength and was still very powerful. Zhang Benkuang pressed the racket down hard, but he still couldn't hold it down. The ball landed on the racket, shot high into the sky, and then landed from the side.

2:4, Lin Zijun recovered one point.

There were no cheers around, but Lin Zijun didn't care.

His whole face was still swollen, a little burning, and his gums seemed to be bleeding, so there was a sweet taste like rust in his mouth. This taste was uncomfortable, but it also successfully diverted his attention away from the hostility from the home fans.

In a sense, his current state is actually somewhat similar to the state in which Wang Chao was forcibly undressed by Geng Shuai on League A a few days ago.

They all use some external means of stimulation to make themselves blind to all factors outside the game and no longer affected by the outside world.

Somewhat "tippy".

Zhang Benkuang is roaring again, cheering himself up and mustering up his courage.

But the harsh sound cannot affect Lin Zijun at this moment, because Lin Zijun's ears are buzzing, which is the sequelae of being slapped out.

Lin Zijun gets the right to serve.

He Sneak Long Serve again.

Zhang Benkuang attacks again.

But at this time, Lin Zijun is no longer the Lin Zijun who wants to score by sneak attacks. He Sneak Long Serve is just a strategy. What he wants to see is Zhang Benkuang's reaction like the first game.

He had already predicted it and pulled directly sideways, creating a stalemate.

The stalemate between the two is not a good look, because both sides are not strong enough.

Although there were one or two wonderful line changes, this round of stalemate did not have the kind of hearty and punchy visual impact.

However, Lin Zijun doesn't care, because his strategy at the moment is: both of us are weak, but at least I am stronger than you.

It's not that I am strong and you are weak.

But if I am weak and you are even weaker, then my weakness becomes a strength.

After six consecutive rounds, he successfully pulled Zhang Benkuang through with his forehand.

"Zhang Benkuang is out of business." Wang Lu said.

"Yes, Lin Zijun is completely back." Qin Huachang said.

"His mentality problem may be greatly improved." Zhu Zeshi said.

Cai Guodong finally concluded, he smiled and said, "Then what do you think Wang Chao will be feeling now?"

Everyone knew how to avoid taboos and did not speak. They all looked at Zhu Zeshi.

"I think he should be happy." Zhu Zeshi said seriously, "After all, we are Hua Ping Ping, how can we avoid fighting? The stronger Lin Zijun is, the more Wang Chao wants to defeat him head-on. This is called sportsmanship, and this is the spirit of Hua Ping, don't you think?"

Everyone looked at him with disdain, but in the end it was Qin Huachang who told the truth, "Old Zhu, you are so hypocritical... It would be great if Old He were here. These days, you can only hear the truth from his mouth."

Of course Wang Chao is not happy. He is extremely depressed now. It is clear that Zhang Benkuang is just one step away from the target, so why was Lin Zijun turned over at the last moment?

The most terrible thing is that Lin Zijun actually got rid of his inner demons in this game. So if they really face each other tomorrow, how will they fight?

There were no miracles in the next game.

When Lin Zijun started to score frequently, Zhang Benkuang couldn't shout anymore and just misfired.

The two tied at 2:2 within 24 minutes, and then entered fast5. Lin Zijun showed much greater stability than Zhang Benkuang, winning two consecutive games with 5:1 and 5:2, and finally eliminated Zhang Benkuang 4:2.

After the game, more than half of the fans in the stands left, and the entire stadium became deserted.

Yoshikawa Dai Moku's face was ugly, because he knew that he had failed in this game.

Sakura Country has a total of three players. The first seed Mizutori Hato retired due to a back injury and became the laughing stock of the world. The second seed Zhang Benkuang lost to Lin Zijun. Although it was excusable, he lost after all.

There is one Yoshikawa Hiroshi left...

Yoshikawa Dai Moku I just feel a terrible toothache.

If he could turn back time, he would definitely replace Yoshikawa Hiroshi...

He thought very well at the time. As long as Yoshikawa Hiroshi participated, even if he didn't win a game, he would still have world rankings and points, just like picking them up for free. Anyway, with Mizutori Hato and Zhang Benkuang in front, he could reach the semi-finals no matter what happened. No one would criticize an unknown young player.

But now Mizutori Hato and Zhang Benkuang were both eliminated early, but his son was the last one to appear.

Do you let Yoshikawa Hiroshi bear the last hope of all fans of Sakura Country?

Yoshikawa Dai Moku took another look at the lineup, and for a moment he even considered stopping the game.

Wang Chao vs Yoshikawa Hiroshi.

This is really a narrow road for enemies...

Yoshikawa Dai Moku will never forget the story Yoshikawa Hiroshi told him about Wang Chao.

At that time, my son's teammates made some calculations with Wang Chao's teammates, and Wang Chao directly beat them 33:0.

This Unrivaled Divine Dragon, he will retaliate for his anger, rat belly and chicken intestines, not a good thing!

And what have you been doing these days?

He advocated Huaping's new Six Little Dragons and tried his best to kill Wang Chao. It can be said that Sima Zhao's intentions are known to everyone.

Now, the time has come to pay off the debt.

Yoshikawa Dai Moku adjusted his mood and announced the list of contestants. When his son's name was called, he found that his son's face turned pale.

Then the players from both sides entered the stage, Yoshikawa Dai Moku exited, and the players shook hands before the game.

"Wang Chao-san..." Taking advantage of the opportunity to shake hands, Yoshikawa Hiroshi wanted to make one last effort. "You know, I have always been kind to you. Even now, I hope to become a very good friend with you."

Wang Chao smiled at him, "Okay, then give me a gift."

Yoshikawa Hiroshi was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed. "Wang Chao What does Sang want? No matter what your request is, I am here to agree in advance."

"You don't need to agree." Wang Chao shook his head, forcibly took his hand out of Yoshikawa Hiroshi's hand, and pointed to the table before turning around. "There, I will get it myself."

Yoshikawa Hiroshi was stunned again, and the smile on his face froze.

He understood what Wang Chao meant.

What Wang Chao wants... maybe his own hair?

At this moment, there are many hidden torrents surging beneath the surface excitement.

When the players from both sides walked to the table, the referee and vice referee on both sides of the field looked in the direction of Yoshikawa Dai Moku at the same time.

Just today at noon, they met with Yoshikawa Dai Moku and made a deal that was unsportsmanlike.

They refused at first, but Yoshikawa Dai Moku gave me too much.

Moreover, they really can't afford to offend the vice president.

The game starts quickly, and the first step is to guess the coins.

According to convention, the referee should toss the coin vertically and quickly cover it with his hand when it falls. Without any unnecessary movements, the referee should just let the players from both sides guess heads and tails.

But this time the referee made an inadvertent move. After covering the coin with his hand, he quickly slid his thumb into the overlap of his hands and rubbed it hard.

Well, anyone who likes to play mahjong should know that this action is actually "touching characters".

The pattern on the coin is also raised and can also be touched.

Then the referee looked at Yoshikawa Hiroshi and blinked twice at the same time.

Yoshikawa Hiroshi immediately said, "I guess it's the other way around."

Wang Chao remained silent.

With his body's outstanding eyesight and abnormal dynamic vision capture ability, he could clearly see all the details just now. He even managed to catch the referee's unnatural blinking twice in a row with the corner of his eye.

But he only found it funny.

He watched with cold eyes, wanting to see how Yoshikawa Dai Moku and Yoshikawa Hiroshi, the father and son, plotted against him under the spotlight of the live broadcast around the world.

The referee immediately let go of his hand, and the coin in his hand turned out to be tails.

So Yoshikawa Hiroshi got the right to serve.

He stood in front of the table, his attitude was extremely cautious, and the first ball was delayed.

Because at this moment Yoshikawa Hiroshi remembered what happened to Yang Chi.

At that time, Yang Chi tried his best to serve the most standard short backspin, but no matter how short, spiny or low the ball was, Wang Chao always dared to directly hit the board and hit the target.

Although reason told Yoshikawa Hiroshi that Wang Chao actually performed exceptionally well that day and had some shitty luck, otherwise there would be no 100% success rate in the challenge.

But the live viewing experience that day was so real that Yoshikawa Hiroshi could not use reason to expel this fear.

After grinding for a long time, he finally served the ball.

Of course it was short backspin, because he didn't dare serve any other shots.

As soon as the ball was released, Yoshikawa Hiroshi's whole body immediately tensed up, his mind was highly concentrated, his body bowed lower than before, and his feet subconsciously took half a step back.

Already ready for Wang Chao's crazy challenge.

All the fighting spirit in his body was ignited, and he vowed to defend his hair in front of the world's audience.

I swear not to shave my head!

But Wang Chao's reaction was very dull, and he just made a short gesture.

Yoshikawa Hiroshi was full of doubts, but his movements were not slow. He quickly stepped forward and put the ball back in the same way.

Wang Chao swing again.

Yoshikawa Hiroshi swings back.

After the first ball in the game, four rounds went by in the blink of an eye. Both sides played short, without any murderous intent, and it was so peaceful that it could be said that the years are peaceful.

But Yoshikawa Hiroshi felt that he couldn't bear it anymore.

How can there be any quiet time? It's just that I, Yoshikawa Hiroshi, am carrying a heavy load...

He waited for Wang Chao to give him a hard blow, but Wang Chao refused to attack, so he could only keep waiting and waiting. The longer he waited, the more nervous and nervous he became, like a death row prisoner waiting for the verdict.

So every time Wang Chao swings short, it becomes the story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf".

Yoshikawa Hiroshi The string in my heart is getting tighter and tighter, and it can no longer be stretched at this moment.

This is a typical example of scaring yourself, and it's quite scary.

Seeing Wang Chao swinging short for the third time, Yoshikawa Hiroshi raised his heart, roared, and encouraged himself. Then he leaned forward violently, tilted the racket downwards, turned his wrist, and forced the hit.

With a "pop" sound, the ball hit the net and committed suicide.

Wang Chao scored, leading 1:0.

This ball did not attract people's attention, because in everyone's eyes, Yoshikawa Hiroshi's game was a disaster. In this situation, taking the initiative to challenge can be regarded as a kind of fighting. Since it is a fighting, failure is normal.

Yoshikawa Hiroshi fights Wang Chao, isn't this a matter of course?

So on to the second ball.

Yoshikawa Hiroshi continues to send short backspin.

Wang Chao continues to swing short.

In the blink of an eye, there were six more rounds.

Yoshikawa Hiroshi can't bear it anymore.

He originally thought that Wang Chao would attack like crazy in this game. After all, when shaking hands, Wang Chao almost made it clear: I want to take something from you on the court.

What did you take?

Yoshikawa Hiroshi thinks it is a bald head.

But after the game actually started, Wang Chao's style of play was almost like Uncle Bai's health ball.

Yoshikawa Hiroshi just felt that something was wrong and felt extremely uncomfortable.

Before the fight started, he thought the most terrifying thing was Wang Chao's attack, but now he found that when he had something to worry about, what he was most worried about was actually the opponent not attacking...

He is anxious...

Because I was anxious, I didn't dare to delay. I always felt that the opponent was going to kill him with the next move, so Yoshikawa Hiroshi forced the fight on the stage again.

With a "poof" sound, the ball hit the net again and committed suicide.

Wang Chao 2: 0 leads.

In the already much empty stands, the Sakura Country audience let out low boos.

They didn't have much hope for Yoshikawa Hiroshi, but after seeing two low-level suicides by Yoshikawa Hiroshi in a row, they still felt that the game was boring to watch.

Yoshikawa Hiroshi was relieved because he finally no longer needed to think about what to serve.

Then he suddenly realized something was wrong...

"This is the right to serve because the referee helped me with my left arm."

"If I don't want to serve, what am I going to do with the right to serve?"

"Why should I breathe a sigh of relief if I want to serve?"

In the tangle of Yoshikawa Hiroshi, Wang Chao gently dropped the ball on the table, bounced it, and prepared to throw it up.

But the referee blew the whistle directly at this time.

Wang Chao looked at him in astonishment. The referee made a gesture, indicating that he would delay the serve.

At this moment, the whole audience was in an uproar.

Because Wang Chao just got the ball and bounced it on the table. In normal games, all players have to bounce the ball at least three times before sending it out.

In any case, this cannot be regarded as a delay in serving. Even the players watching the game showed surprise, thinking that the referee had made a mistake.

But the referee ignored it, pointed his arm directly at Wang Chao, and muttered something he couldn't understand. Seeing the noise in the stands around him getting louder and louder, he seemed to be irritated, and he actually took out a yellow card.

Faced with the uproar, Yoshikawa Dai Moku did not stop, but showed a bit of gloating expression. He looked at Wang Chao from a distance, wanting to see how Wang Chao would handle this situation.

He knows very well that unfair refereeing has always been the most frustrating thing for athletes, because there is an iron rule in the rules of all large-scale competitions: on the field, athletes are required to unconditionally obey the referee's decision, and even if there are differences of opinion, please submit an application after the game.

So on the field, the referee does have supreme power.

Yoshikawa Dai Moku just wants to disgust Wang Chao.

He knew that the gap between his son and Wang Chao was too big, so he had already agreed with the referee that he would use various methods to disgust Wang Chao, and use the most severe punishments. No matter what, he would make Wang Chao's mentality collapse.

Only in this way can Yoshikawa Hiroshi have any chance of winning.

Or to put it another step back, only in this way can Yoshikawa Hiroshi escape the fate of shaving his head.

In order for his son not to become the laughing stock of Sakura Country, Yoshikawa Dai Moku also risked his life. He knew that the referee's behavior today would definitely arouse public opinion, but he felt that he could bear the consequences.

Even if the referee is severely punished or even loses his qualification as a referee afterwards, Yoshikawa Dai Moku can definitely give the opponent a better job.

Thanks to "Autumn Wind Small Building" for the tip.

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